Cheers to all of our players for the New Year!
From December 28, 2018 till January 6, 2019 the large scale event will take place in Escape from Tarkov again.
First of all, as part of the event, groups of users, registered on the official website of the project (www.escapefromtarkov.com/registration) who haven’t joined the beta yet, will receive a limited free access to the game. A selection of potential players will receive a 14-days access to the game. They will be randomly chosen among the subscribers with priority given to the players who registered earlier.
Secondly, the game may be purchased with 25% discount, for 10 days, the discount applies to all types of transactions (purchase, package upgrades and gifts).
Finally, the studio has prepared special gifts for all players. Thus, each user who bought the game within 10 days after the start of the event, is guaranteed to receive additional in-game equipment with the opportunity to get it again after each wipe, including including manual wipes within a six month period.
Players who purchased any package of the game after December 28, 2017 (the start day of the event that took place last year) and before the start of the current event will receive:
Additional in-game equipment
and 1 key for 14-days access to the game and the ability to share it with friend. This key will be available for activation only during the event.
Players, who joined the testing before December 28, 2017 will also receive:
Additional in-game equipment
and 2 keys for 14-days access to the game with the ability to share it with friends. Such keys will be available for activation only during the event.
Players, who purchased any package of the game before the beginning of Beta-Testing (July 27, 2017) Will also receive:
Promo Code for the Standard edition of the game,
Additional in-game equipment
and 2 keys for 14-days access to the game and the ability to share it with friends. Such keys will be available for activation only during the event.
Also, the studio reports that in the upcoming update, which is planned to be released before the end of this year, we will include a new map “TerraGroup Labs” with new mechanics of raid extractions, the map “Interchange” will receive a new Scavboss - Killa, a large amount of new items - weapons, equipment, which will be covered in more detail in the near future.
Next year, the game is getting new game mechanics, such as off-raid healing, the system of customization of character's clothing, VOIP, further development of weapons and character, new skills, the system of creation and publication of weapon presets, etc. We plan to continue further optimization of graphics and netcode component, fix bugs and issues. In the near future the studio plans to add a Hideout, new locations, weapons and items, to carry out technical modification of the game, aimed at improving the interaction with equipment and weapons, to upgrade to a new version of the game engine and update the graphics.
To learn more about plans on testing the project and buy the game on the official website of the project https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/preorder-page.
To follow the current announcement of in-game events and ongoing work by subscribing to the official Twitter of the studio https://twitter.com/bstategames or join out Telegram channel https://t.me/escapefromtarkovEN.
Translations
French translation can be found here. Thanks to French BSG Crew @PIG-Mathieu
German translation can be found here. Thanks to German BSG Crew @Cyver
Portuguese translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to Portugal Emissary @Alexandre_5
Italian translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to Italian Emisssary @dinosamir
Romanian translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to Romanian Emissary @j0zeph
Turkish translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to Turkish Emissary @Dimitri468
Polish translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to BSG Crew @Reconic
Japanese translation can be found here. Thanks to our Japan Emissary and Moderato﻿r @giraffy

In my opinion, it is much needed. After playing since the beginning of the wipe, I have manually reset my account a few days ago, I am having a lot of fun but am already closing in on LVL30. Regardless of my own experience, many people still have absurd amounts of money left over from abusing the Flea Market and the majority of players I am running into are geared up with Fort (etc.) and silenced M4 or another high-end weapon.
Though it must be noted that while this is what I think, it does not seem to be too popular with those at the subreddit. I made a thread a week back and got noticeable backlash and negative comments on the issue. Wiping now after saying there will be no wipe in the patch notes may only serve to anger some who for whatever reason still hold on to their gear and levels. Regardless of what happens, I'm really excited for Labs and all the new content.

We are pleased to present to you a trailer video, featuring what you will see in the next patch (Patch 0.11) for Escape from Tarkov. The video will showcase things like new location called Terragroup Labs, new weapons and equipment, new SCAV boss Killa, new gear and much more new content and fixes.
Check out the video on our official Youtube channel here:
Translations:
Dutch translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to our Dutch Emissary @Oranje
French translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to our Official Community Representative for France ﻿@PIG-Mathieu
German translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to our German Emissary @Hummz21
Polish translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to our Polish Moderator and Techsupport @Damiano
Italian translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to our Italian Emissary and Moderator @dinosamir
Portuguese translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to our Portuguese Emissary and Moderator @Dimittri
Romanian translation of the news can be found here. Thanks to our Romanian Emissary @j0zeph

honestly sick of doing these quests over and over, I'm sick of the tedious grind of playing on maps I dont want to play just so I can get needed items. It forces you to have a different play style, do a bunch of suicide hatchet runs etc... in 1 week guys will be fully geared anyways, and I wont even have an optic to put on my garbage gun